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Architecture Exhibitions

Posted by on March 2, 2024 – 01:30 am

Architecture Exhibitions

Reuse The Box Sept. 29 – Dec. 23, 2016 Look across Virginia and you will see it, the abandoned big box store. These large, vacant former retail warehouses often sit in weed-infested, crumbling parking lots. The design team, consisting of an international group of architecture graduate students and Architecture Professor Kay Edge of Virginia Tech, began with a plain vacant big-box building. The resulting exhibition, a collaboration between this team of designers and The Branch, showcases how thoughtful architecture and design approaches can initiate…

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Cool buildings in London

Posted by on December 28, 2023 – 11:52 pm

Cool buildings in London

Ed’s Shed/Sunken House; De Beauvoir Road, Hackney Image: Ed Reeve Ed’s Shed, also known as the Sunken House, is a prime example of contemporary minimalism that was built in record time. It was completely finished inside and out within roughly ten months in 2007. From the outside, there is little to indicate that this black wooden box is a house: simply a plain slot window at the front. However, inside the building is characterised by simple shapes and forms, clean lines, tremendous use of light and great attention to the manipulation of space. The…

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Tower of London Architecture

Posted by on December 20, 2023 – 11:31 pm

Tower of London Architecture

The Tower of London was extremely important during the Middle Ages. William the Conqueror started building on the site soon after the Norman Conquest, and was often enlarged and modified by subsequent English monarchs, in the Middle Ages and later as well. It served as fortress and arsenal to protect and control the city of London, royal residence, prison, and symbol of royal authority. It had other, miscellaneous functions as well- for example, the Lion tower housed the royal menagerie until 1834. Though the large Norman keep, called the White…

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Architectural Recruitment Agencies London

Posted by on December 12, 2023 – 11:23 pm

Architectural Recruitment Agencies London

Architectural Recruiters Sites Site Description Jobs for architects, architectural technicians, architectural technologists, cad technicians, Part I, Part II and Part . Specialise in finding architectural jobs for the right candidates with regularly updated vacancies. This site has by far the largest and most comprehensive selection of architectural jobs online in the UK.Features over 600 current jobs including temporary and permanent vacancies. Also features coverage of all the major recruitment agencies in the United Kingdom, as well as major…

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AA address

Posted by on November 18, 2023 – 11:00 pm

AA address

All communications, including email, are treated with the same level of care and attention and are answered in the order in which they are received. G.S.O. staff members are committed to respond as soon as possible, usually within ten (10) business days. To Email G.S.O.: G.S.O. can serve you most efficiently if your email communications are routed to the staff member best able to handle your inquiry or sharing. Please begin this process by selecting one of the choices provided below. For inquiries of a general nature, information about the A.A…

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London City Architecture

Posted by on November 14, 2023 – 10:59 pm

London City Architecture

A tourist’s guide to the architecture of London; a city that combines ancient buildings and important historic sights with ground-breaking contemporary architecture and modern skyscrapers London attracts tourists and sightseers from all over the world, and with good reason! It is a fascinating city to explore, with a striking, surprising and sublime selection of architectural sights both modern and historic. Unlike many of Europe’s other big tourist-destination cities, London’s ancient and historic sights can be found jostling for space right next…

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City of London Architecture

Posted by on October 25, 2023 – 10:20 pm

City of London Architecture

Join us to get an in-depth view of London with our programme of year-round tours and events with specialist guides helping you look at the themes and issues shaping the capital today, from the design of homes, to infrastructure and urban landscapes. Open-City s architecture tours help to sustain the charity as a whole. Click here to find out more about how you can support our initiatives through our Love Architecture Circle. Journey down the Thames looking at iconic landmarks that make London so architecturally diverse. Led by an architect, whose…

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Architecture Foundation London

Posted by on October 5, 2023 – 10:01 pm

Architecture Foundation London

11.00: Outer London Landscapes and the Future of the Green Belt Andy Groarke | Lynn Kinnear | Barney Stringer | Ellis Woodman | Tom Holbrook London is currently developing plans for the transformation of a number of major landscapes on its periphery, notably Rectory Farm in Hounslow, Walthamstow Wetlands and the Lower Lea Valley. Bringing together industrial and recreational activities in new combination, these projects seek to radically expand the definition of the London park. The city is also facing increasing demands to relax the definition…

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Architecture Academy London

Posted by on September 23, 2023 – 09:42 pm

Architecture Academy London

Mimi Sullivan, Executive Director Mimi Sullivan is a registered Architect in California and a principal of Saida + Sullivan Design Partners (SSDP) a full service, award winning, San Francisco architectural firm. Ms. Sullivan is just as passionate about the process of design as she is about the final built structure. She oversees community outreach, design team coordination, project management, sustainability, and construction supervision. Ms. Sullivan’s 28 years of diverse architectural and interior design experience includes extensive work in award…

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Georgian Architecture London

Posted by on July 5, 2023 – 06:57 pm

Georgian Architecture London

The Georgian era is a period of British history, normally defined as including the reigns of the kings George I, George II, George and George IV, i.e. covering the period from 1714 to 1830, (with the sub-period of the Regency, defined by the Regency of George IV as Prince of Wales during the illness of his father George ). George 1st was actually from Germany, and was ‘invited’ to be king for political reasons, namely that those in power wanted a Protestant King, and not a return to the old Catholic ways. Politics and War During this period parliament…

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